Global Rankings: Population Growth % (2024)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Qatar	7.32
2	Chad	4.95
3	United Arab Emirates	4.68
4	Saudi Arabia	4.63
5	Oman	4.50
6	Syrian Arab Republic	4.47
7	South Sudan	3.93
8	Somalia	3.48
9	Central African Republic	3.40
10	Niger	3.28
11	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	3.24
12	Angola	3.04
13	Yemen	2.98
14	Canada	2.96
15	Mali	2.94
16	Mozambique	2.92
17	Mauritania	2.88
18	Tanzania, United Republic of	2.87
19	Malta	2.87
20	Afghanistan	2.84
21	Zambia	2.81
22	Uganda	2.75
23	Cameroon	2.61
24	Burundi	2.58
25	Ethiopia	2.58
26	Malawi	2.58
27	Benin	2.46
28	Côte d'Ivoire	2.44
29	Madagascar	2.44
30	Equatorial Guinea	2.40
31	Congo	2.40
32	Guinea	2.40
33	Solomon Islands	2.37
34	Palestine, State of	2.36
35	Senegal	2.32
36	Armenia	2.31
37	Gambia	2.28
38	Vanuatu	2.27
39	Burkina Faso	2.25
40	Togo	2.24
41	Namibia	2.24
42	Gibraltar	2.21
43	Guinea-Bissau	2.21
44	Liberia	2.16
45	Gabon	2.16
46	Rwanda	2.14
47	Iraq	2.12
48	Sierra Leone	2.12
49	Nigeria	2.08
50	Sao Tome and Principe	2.00
51	Singapore	1.99
52	Australia	1.99
53	Uzbekistan	1.97
54	Kenya	1.96
55	Cayman Islands	1.92
56	Tajikistan	1.92
57	Comoros	1.89
58	Ghana	1.88
59	Eritrea	1.86
60	Papua New Guinea	1.78
61	Zimbabwe	1.78
62	Turkmenistan	1.75
63	Egypt	1.73
64	Kyrgyzstan	1.71
65	Honduras	1.68
66	New Zealand	1.67
67	Botswana	1.64
68	Luxembourg	1.58
69	Ireland	1.57
70	Guatemala	1.54
71	Pakistan	1.51
72	Liechtenstein	1.50
73	Kiribati	1.49
74	Belize	1.44
75	Algeria	1.40
76	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.40
77	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	1.37
78	Djibouti	1.36
79	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.36
80	Nicaragua	1.35
81	Andorra	1.33
82	Seychelles	1.31
83	Switzerland	1.31
84	Kazakhstan	1.28
85	Panama	1.27
86	Israel	1.27
87	South Africa	1.25
88	Mongolia	1.25
89	Virgin Islands, British	1.24
90	Paraguay	1.23
91	Cambodia	1.23
92	Malaysia	1.22
93	Bangladesh	1.21
94	Macao	1.20
95	Timor-Leste	1.17
96	Haiti	1.15
97	Lesotho	1.12
98	Portugal	1.10
99	Peru	1.09
100	Colombia	1.07
101	United Kingdom	1.07
102	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.05
103	Libya	1.03
104	Spain	1.02
105	Eswatini	1.00
106	Jordan	0.99
107	Cyprus	0.98
108	United States	0.98
109	Morocco	0.97
110	New Caledonia	0.95
111	Norway	0.95
112	Kuwait	0.90
113	India	0.89
114	Suriname	0.88
115	Ecuador	0.86
116	Mexico	0.86
117	Dominican Republic	0.85
118	Curaçao	0.85
119	Philippines	0.83
120	Brunei Darussalam	0.82
121	Indonesia	0.81
122	Sudan	0.81
123	Guam	0.76
124	Bahrain	0.73
125	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.73
126	Myanmar	0.67
127	Belgium	0.67
128	Bhutan	0.65
129	Netherlands	0.65
130	Finland	0.64
131	Viet Nam	0.63
132	Tunisia	0.63
133	Samoa	0.62
134	Nauru	0.60
135	Aruba	0.59
136	Lithuania	0.58
137	Guyana	0.57
138	Lebanon	0.56
139	Chile	0.54
140	Austria	0.50
141	Denmark	0.50
142	Fiji	0.50
143	Faroe Islands	0.49
144	Antigua and Barbuda	0.49
145	Cabo Verde	0.49
146	Azerbaijan	0.48
147	Costa Rica	0.48
148	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.47
149	Bahamas	0.46
150	El Salvador	0.45
151	Brazil	0.41
152	Czechia	0.38
153	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	0.37
154	Argentina	0.35
155	San Marino	0.34
156	Maldives	0.34
157	Ukraine	0.34
158	Slovenia	0.33
159	Sweden	0.31
160	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	0.30
161	Germany	0.27
162	France	0.26
163	Saint Lucia	0.26
164	French Polynesia	0.24
165	Türkiye	0.23
166	Iceland	0.22
167	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.18
168	Croatia	0.17
169	Estonia	0.15
170	Grenada	0.11
171	Korea, Republic of	0.07
172	Trinidad and Tobago	0.06
173	Barbados	0.05
174	Montenegro	-0.00
175	Isle of Man	-0.01
176	Puerto Rico	-0.02
177	Greece	-0.02
178	Jamaica	-0.02
179	Uruguay	-0.04
180	Thailand	-0.05
181	Romania	-0.05
182	Greenland	-0.05
183	Italy	-0.05
184	Bulgaria	-0.08
185	Slovakia	-0.09
186	Bermuda	-0.10
187	China	-0.12
188	Nepal	-0.15
189	Hong Kong	-0.16
190	Palau	-0.18
191	North Macedonia	-0.19
192	Russian Federation	-0.20
193	Mauritius	-0.23
194	Hungary	-0.31
195	Poland	-0.35
196	Cuba	-0.36
197	Tonga	-0.40
198	Georgia	-0.43
199	Japan	-0.44
200	Dominica	-0.46
201	Belarus	-0.50
202	Virgin Islands, U.S.	-0.52
203	Sri Lanka	-0.55
204	Serbia	-0.56
205	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.66
206	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.70
207	Monaco	-0.84
208	Latvia	-0.94
209	Albania	-1.54
210	American Samoa	-1.60
211	Tuvalu	-1.75
212	Northern Mariana Islands	-1.93
213	Moldova, Republic of	-2.28
214	Marshall Islands	-3.35
215	Saint Martin (French part)	-5.17

About This Indicator

Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators